Our group tours with dedicated departure dates are ideal for clients interested to join a small group birding tour. These tours offer a personalized birding experience. We have put together a list of very exciting Upcoming Group Birding tours for 2026 and 2027; taking you to some of the best birding destinations around the world.
Not interested to join a group? You are welcome to book a private guided tour with our expert guide to any of our birding destinations.
Small group tours departing in 2026
Bhutan
16 February – 2 March 2026
Top birds: Rufous-necked and Great Hornbill, Ibisbill, Pallas’s Fish Eagle, White-bellied Heron, Chestnut-breasted and Hill Partridge, Himalayan Monal, Satyr Tragopan, Blood and Kalij Pheasant, Ward’s Trogon, Rufous-throated and Long-billed Wren-Babbler.
Namibia, Botswana & Zambia
1 March & 12 Nov & 16 Nov 2026
Top birds: Pel’s Fishing Owl, Western Banded Snake Eagle, White-backed Night Heron, Slaty Egret, Damara Tern, Wattled Crane, Rockrunner, African Skimmer, Dune & Gray’s Lark, Hartlaub’s Spurfowl, Bradfield’s Hornbill, Damara Red-billed Hornbill, Monteiro’s Hornbill.
Colombia
9 March – March 2026
Top birds: Rufous-fronted Parakeet, Various Antipitta species, Munchique Wood Wren, Buffy Helmetcrest, Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer, Tatama Tapuculo, Parker’s Antbird, Apical Flycatcher, Various Tanagers, Cauca and Baudo Guan.
Thailand
27 March – 7 April 2026
Top birds: Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Nordmann’s Greenshank, Yellow-breasted Bunting, Oriental Pratincole, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Chinese Egret, Malaysian Plover, Ratchet-tailed Treepie, Blue Pitta, Hume’s Pheasant, Giant Nuthatch, Hodgson’s Frogmouth, Green-tailed Sunbird.
Eastern South Africa
1 October 2026
Top birds: Blue Korhaan, White-bellied Bustard, Southern Bald Ibis, Rudd’s Lark, Short-clawed and Botha’s Lark, Yellow-breasted Pipit, African Rock Pipit, Cape & Brown-headed Parrot, Knysna Turaco, Purple-crested Turaco, Spotted Thrush, Orange Ground Thrush.
Mongolia
4 May – 15 May 2026
Top birds: ltai Snowcock, Chukar Partridge, Bearded, Himalayan & Cinereous Vulture, Golden & Steppe Eagle, Pallas’s Fish Eagle, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Saker & Amur Falcon, Relict Gull, Demoiselle & White-naped Crane.
Poland
24 May – 31 May 2026
Top birds: Hazel Grouse, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Aquatic Warbler, White-tailed Eagle, Three-toed Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker, Pygmy Owl, Thrush Nightingale, Rosefinch, Lesser Spotted Eagles.
Mexico
15 July – 23 July 2026
Top birds: Dwarf Jay, Beautiful Sheartail, Oaxaca & Dusky Hummingbird, Dwarf & Slaty Vireo, Oaxaca & Bridled Sparrow, Ocellated Thrasher, White-throated Towhee, Grey-breasted Woodpecker, Red Warbler.
Ecuador
28 July – 10 August 2026
Top birds: Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Andean Condor, Plate-billed Mountain Toucan, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Club-winged Manakin, Dusky Pigeon, Golden-headed Quetzal, Giant Hummingbird, Glistening-green Tanager.
Uganda
1 August – 14 August 2026
Top birds: Shoebill, Congo Serpent Eagle, Nahan’s Partridge, Black Dwarf Hornbill, Grey Parrot, Great Blue Turaco, Grauer’s Broadbill, Papyrus Gonolek, Green-breasted Pitta, Chocolate-backed Kingfisher.
Peru
12 August – 25 August 2026
Top birds: Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Peruvian Booby, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Hoatzin, Rufous-crested Coquette, Cuzco Brushfinch, Inca Tern, Andean Tinamou, Humbolt Penguin, Andean Parakeet.
Pantanal
23 August – 1 September 2026
Top birds: Hyacinth Macaw, Toco Toucan, Jabiru, Chestnut-bellied Guan, Red-legged Seriema, Yellow-billed Cardinal, Choco Chachalaca, Southern Screamer, Buff-necked Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill.
Madagascar
27 October – 9 November 2026
Top birds: Malagasy and Banded Kestrel; Malagasy Pond Heron; Madagascan Ibis; Madagascan Grebe; Meller’s Duck; Various Coua species; Red and Forest Fody; Various Ground Roller species, Cuckoo Roller.
Small group tours departing in 2027
Japan
5 January – 20 January 2027
Top birds: Ishigaki Tit, Iriomote Tit, Okinawa Rail, Okinawa Robin, Pryer’s (Okinawa) Woodpecker, Amami Woodcock, Ryukyu Green Pigeon, Lidth’s Jay, Owston’s Woodpecker, Amami Thrush, and Blakiston’s Fish Owl.
Antarctic Peninsula
18 February – 1 March 2027
Top birds: Wandering- , Black Browed- and Grey-headed Albatross, Northern Giant- and Snow Petrel, Magellanic Woodpecker, Chimango Caracaras, Chinstrap-, Magellanic-, Gentoo, and Adelie Penguin.
Ghana
26 January – 11 February 2027
Top birds: White-necked Rockfowl, Nkulengu Rail, Akun Eagle-Owl, Brown-cheeked Hornbill, Blue-moustached Bee-eater, Forbes Plover, Egyptian Plover, Red-billed Helmetshrike, White-crested Tiger Heron, Oriole Warbler.
Panama
8 March – 21 March 2027
Top birds: Harpy Eagle, Resplendent Quetzal, Ocellated Antbird, Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo, Black-crowned Antpitta, Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker, Tody Motmot, Spectacled Owl, Blue Cotinga and the mysterious Sapayoa.
Eastern South Africa
8 March – 20 March 2027
Top birds: Blue Korhaan, White-bellied Bustard, Rudd’s Lark, Yellow-breasted Pipit, African Rock Pipit, Purple-crested Turaco, Spotted Thrush, Orange Ground Thrush, Gorgeous Bushshrike, Olive Bushshrike, Narina Trogon.
Kenya
7 June – 20 June 2027
Top birds: Great Blue Turaco, Jackson’s Spurfowl, Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Jackson’s Hornbill, Hemprich’s Hornbill, Grant’s Wood Hoopoe, D’Arnaud’s Barbet, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater.
Kenya
7 June – 20 June 2027
Top birds: Great Blue Turaco, Jackson’s Spurfowl, Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Jackson’s Hornbill, Hemprich’s Hornbill, Grant’s Wood Hoopoe, D’Arnaud’s Barbet, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater.
Borneo
August 2027
Top birds: Bornean Ground Cuckoo, Crimson-headed and Red-breasted Partridge, Rhinoceros-, Helmeted-, Wrinkled and Wreathed Hornbill, Everett’s Thrush, Bornean Whistler, Friendly Bush Warbler.
Namibia, Botswana & Zambia
11 November – 24 November 2027
Top birds: Pel’s Fishing Owl, Western Banded Snake Eagle, White-backed Night Heron, Slaty Egret, Damara Tern, Wattled Crane, Rockrunner, African Skimmer, Dune & Gray’s Lark, Hartlaub’s Spurfowl, Bradfield’s Hornbill.
Cambodia
17 April – 29 April 2027
Top birds: White-rumped Vulture, Slender-billed Vulture, Red-headed Vulture, Bengal Florican, Sarus Crane, Green Peafowl, Greater Adjutant, Milky Stork, Giant and White-shouldered Ibis, White-winged Duck.
Argentina
12 July – 25 July 2027
Top birds: Least Seedsnipe, Patagonian Tinamou, Lesser Rhea, Chocolate-vented Tyrant, Magellanic Penguin, Spot-billed Toucanet, Green-headed Tanager, Spot-backed Antshrike, Blue Manakin.
Tanzania
3 May – 17 May 2027
Top birds: Usambara Eagle-owl, Sokoke Scops Owl, Usambara Hyliota, Rufous-tailed and Usambara Weaver, Usambara Akalat, Usambara Thrush, Beesley’s Lark, Yellow-collared Lovebird, Amani Sunbird.
Namibia, Botswana & Zambia
11 November – 24 November 2027
Top birds: Pel’s Fishing Owl, Western Banded Snake Eagle, White-backed Night Heron, Slaty Egret, Damara Tern, Wattled Crane, Rockrunner, African Skimmer, Dune & Gray’s Lark, Hartlaub’s Spurfowl, Bradfield’s Hornbill.